Maitland, Frederic William, 1850-1906 (legal historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1850 - 1906
Biography
Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906), son of John Gorham Maitland, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the moral sciences tripos (B.A., 1873; M.A. 1876). He was called to the bar in 1876, and thereafter became reader in English law at Cambridge in 1884, and Downing professor, 1888-1906. He was the founder of the Selden Society, which sought to encourage the study of the history of English law, and served as its literary director in 1895. He became Ford's lecturer at Oxford in 1897, and Rede lecturer at Cambridge in 1901. He was also made an honorary fellow of Trinity College.
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
Correpondence, 1884-1906
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Correspondence, 1903-1904
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Correspondence, 1905-1908
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Correspondence, 1877-1902
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Correspondence from Frederic W. Maitland to C.T. Carr, 13 May 1906-1 June 1906
Correspondence from Frederic W. Maitland to John Willis Clark, 21 May 1893-21 Oct. 1894
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Fragments of lectures
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Fragments of Lectures
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Frederic Maitland: Correspondence and related papers, 1892-1939
Frederic William Maitland: Lecture notes on constitutional law, 1890 (Circa)
217 folios, c. 1890. The notes are an imperfect series and are bound up out of order.
Frederic William Maitland: Lecture notes on corporations, 1899
1899, 311 folios. The lectures are no longer in consecutive sequence, but are indentified in a pencil note (fol. 1) as 'Corporation in English Law. Lectures, Autumn 1899'.
Frederic William Maitland: Notes on miscellaneous legal matters, 1888-1903 (Circa)
In Maitland's hand and that of Florence Maitland, c. 1888-1903, 366 folios.
Frederic William Maitland: Printer's sheets for F.W. Maitland's and Frederick Pollock's The history of English law before the time of Edward I, 1894
In Maitland's hand, bound in nine volumes. On a flyleaf is 'F. H. M. from F. W. M.', indicating that the volumes were presented by Maitland to his wife Florence.
Frederic William Maitland: Printer's sheets for Maitland's The constitutional history of England, 1887-1888
In his own hand. The sheets were originally the loose sheets of lectures given in 1887-1888.
'Frederick William Maitland. A memoir by the late Mrs. Reynell', reprinted from the 'Cambridge Law Journal', Vol. 11 - No. 1, 1951, 1951-1956 (Circa)
Presented by Ermengard Maitland to Helen Cam; with Ermengard's notes of a letter, 2 July 1956, on her mother, Selina Caroline
F.W. Maitland: Notes on Cambridge University Library manuscripts, with a covering letter to 'Hall', 10 Oct. 1891
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library. Together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
F.W. Maitland: Papers, 1895-1903 (Circa)
Including: 'Observations on the Case of Harrington v. Sendall'; 'Agrarian Cambridge'; proof sheets of chapter on 'The Anglican settlement' in 'Cambridge Modern History'; biographical notes on Sir Leslie Stephen with printed lists of cases of 3 & 4 Edward II
Henry Jackson: Correspondence to G.F. Browne and F.W. Maitland, 1891-1905
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
James Smith Reid: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and F.W. Maitland, 1899-1902
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Letter from Frederic W. Maitland (1850-1906) to Henry Jackson, 27 Apr. 1904
He asks for verification of the correct use of accents in Stephens' 'Hobbes'
Letter from Frederic W. Maitland to Sir Leslie Stephen (1833-1904), 7 Jan. 1895
If he outlives Stephen, he will publish any unfinished book by Stephen, without making alterations; he would not like to execute the biography of Stephen: would leave out much intimate matter; Stephen should leave detailed instructions; 'I should like to think that the men who read your books would know a little of your devoted love and your sorrow.'
Letter from Maitland to Poole, Cambridge, 7 June 1895
The majority of the letters concern Maitland's contributions to the journal English Historical Review. There are also two letters (MS Add.7474/53-54) from Maitland to William Henry Stevenson (1858-1924), philologist and historian.
Letter from Maitland to Poole, Cambridge, 10 Dec. 1896 (Circa.)
The majority of the letters concern Maitland's contributions to the journal English Historical Review. There are also two letters (MS Add.7474/53-54) from Maitland to William Henry Stevenson (1858-1924), philologist and historian.
Letter from Maitland to Poole, Downing College, 17 Oct. 1900
The majority of the letters concern Maitland's contributions to the journal English Historical Review. There are also two letters (MS Add.7474/53-54) from Maitland to William Henry Stevenson (1858-1924), philologist and historian.
Letter from Maitland to Poole, Downing College, 30 Oct. 1900
The majority of the letters concern Maitland's contributions to the journal English Historical Review. There are also two letters (MS Add.7474/53-54) from Maitland to William Henry Stevenson (1858-1924), philologist and historian.
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